WASHINGTON - New York’s mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.
WASHINGTON - New York’s mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.
When a person has an itch that lasts more than six weeks it should be examined by a doctor because chronic itching can drastically impair the life of the person affected, according to a health services research dermatology centre in Hamburg.
Drink manufacturers increasingly promise their wares can boost health with just a few swallows. Nowhere is this more common than at the recent Anuga nutritional conference in Cologne, Germany.
NEW YORK – When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier.
Cleanliness is next to godliness, so goes an old adage, which has now been borne out by a new study.
Below normal levels of a natural fat hormone may heighten death risk from sepsis—an overwhelming infection of the blood which claims thousands of lives every year—says an Indian-origin Canadian scientist.
PARIS - Exhilarated scientists on Saturday announced they had used gene therapy to restore eyesight to children blighted by a rare, inherited form of creeping blindness.
WASHINGTON - Eating right, not supplements, is a sure way of keeping your good bacteria in fine fettle.
WASHINGTON - Doctors tend to have less respect for obese patients than patients of normal weight, suggests a new study.
NEW YORK - People who are neurotic—they tend to worry a lot and to have emotional ups and downs—seem to be at increased risk of developing asthma, a new study hints.